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  there there

  noun

  evidence or substance supporting a claim or allegation, proposal, promise, etc. (usually used with a negative or any).
• there, there
  there, there

  interjection

  (used to comfort, reassure, or calm someone who is upset, frightened, or anxious).

there there

¹ American  

[thair thair] / ˈðɛər ˌðɛər /

noun

1. evidence or substance supporting a claim or allegation, proposal, promise, etc. (usually used with a negative or any).

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there, there ² American  

[thair thair] / ˈðɛər ˈðɛər /

interjection

1. (used to comfort, reassure, or calm someone who is upset, frightened, or anxious).

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Example Sentences

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there there there, there

“If a fire spread rapidly there, there didn’t appear to be a clear escape route.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

"Of course Gaza is dearer than here, but there, there is no home left, nothing."

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

“In the next eight weeks or so, I think we’ll have a pretty good sense of, is there a there there on tax,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

"When we got there, there was little information," said Gareth Williams, deputy team leader who said that the path where Leah fell was "sturdy".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Once there, there was no turning back; once there, the soul remembered, though the heart sometimes forgot.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

"I've been working in Japan since 1982. And when I first went there, there was one person who spoke schoolboy English. So, it was very much about communicating through gesture, drawings, but also humour."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"There was a bridge there, there were shops, and there was a school. All of them were buried under floodwater, mud, and debris. The area has been completely reduced to ruins," Rahimzai told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

“If a fire spread rapidly there, there didn’t appear to be a clear escape route.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Once we got there, there was a group from Russia, from Italy, several different countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Chamberlain thought: All those wagons down there, there ought to be something.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara